Recent Reviews

BOLO Books’ Top Reads of 2018

From the Booking Desk: 2018 will always be the year I was awarded the Mystery Writers of America Raven Award. This accolade represents a career highlight and I have been thrilled to celebrate with all of you throughout this year.   But the work continued.  ...

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The Stranger Diaries – The BOLO Books Review

If you’ll permit me... Along with writing two popular series, Elly Griffiths has decided that it is time to add a stand-alone psychological suspense novel to her repertoire. That novel is The Stranger Diaries and is currently available overseas and will appear in the...

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The Ruin – The BOLO Books Review

The epigraph at the beginning of Dervla McTiernan’s debut novel exposes the complexity of the book’s title alone. Whether one calls it The Rúin – as it was originally called in Ireland – or The Ruin – the less exotic title given to the novel by its English-speaking...

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Recent Interviews

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Recent Articles

Another Visit with the Reds

From The Booking Desk: The ladies of Jungle Red Writers have invited me to stop by the blog again today. More specifically, Roberta Isleib (Lucy Burdette) approached me about leading an online book club discussion online for them. And since I can never turn down the...

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Catriona McPherson – A BOLO Books Guest Post

From The Booking Desk: Catriona McPherson and I have had several conversations where we discussed the challenges with series books - both writing and reading them. Both of us do enjoy reading series books from the beginning, but we have also experienced cases where we...

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My Top Authors of 2016 Share Books They Love

From the Booking Desk: Last week, I posted the BOLO Books Top Reads of 2016 list. Each of those books would make wonderful holiday gifts for the readers in your life. But that got me to thinking about what books from 2016 these authors might suggest as highlights of...

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About

Welcome to BOLO Books. The blog name comes from the common police acronym meaning “be on the look out.” (or “be on the lookout” – depending on your source). This is especially appropriate in this case, as this blog will focus on books in the mystery and thriller genre. Crime fiction is my passion and I want to share that with you.

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